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Biography of 

Private Alfonso Steele 

Only Survivor of the 

Battle of San Jacinto 

Together with Mr. Steele's Account of 
the Campaign and Fight, and the 
Official Report of 

Gen. Sam Houston 

With Complete Roster of the Commands 
Composing the Little Army. 



ished by N. 
For Mr. S< 



Published by N. P. Houx 
For Mr. Steele. 



Price 25 Gents, 




ALFONSO STEELE 

The Only Survivor of the Battle of San Jacinto. 






PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT. 

The following pages contain a short sketch of the life 
of Mr. Alfonso Steele, of Mexia. Texas, who is the last 
survivor of the Battle of San Jacinto, together with an 
official report of said great battle, submitted by Gen. 
Sam Houston to the president of the republic of Texas- 
It is published for Mr. Steele in order that the correct 
statement of the great battle might be preserved to fu- 
ture generations, and in order that those who might 
wish to secure a copy containing the roster of the 
brave men who faught the final battle for Texas Inde- 
pendence might do so at a minimum cost. The work is 
well worth the price and should be in the library of 
every patriotic Texan. 

N. P. Houx, Publisher 



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ALFONSO STEELE 



A Brief Sketch of His Life, and Account of 
the Great Battle. Told by Himself. 



I was born in Hardin Coimt}^, Kentucky, April i), 1817; 
lived there until I was seventeen years old. I had nothing 
there, and decided I would start out for myself and make 
something; so I left Kentucky in September, 1834; went down 
the Mississippi river on a boat, and landed at Lake Providence, 
La., where I hired to a man by the name of Richardson. 1 
worked there until November. 1835. I then joined Captain 
Daggett's company of volunteers and started for Texas; 
crossed the Sabine between Christmas and New Year; marched 
straight on to Washington on the Brazos river, which was 
then headquarters for the Texans. We disbanded when we 
reached Washington, because Texas had not yet declared her 
independence. 

Part of the company remained in Washington; some went 
back liome. I remained in Washington until independence 
was declared. I will say right here that I hired to a man 
named Roberts, who ran a hotel. I ground corn on a steel 
mill to make bread for the men who signed the Declaration 
of Texas Independence. 

A small body of men under Joe Bennett came along. 1 
joined them and started for San Antonio to join Travis. We 
got as far as the Colorado river; there we got news Ihat the 



xA-lamo liad fallen. We theji moved down tlie river and fell 
in with Gen. Sam Houston, close to Beeson's Crossing on the 
Colorado. lliere the different squads were organized into 
companies. Captain Bennett was promoted to Lieutenant- 
Colonel, and James Cillespie was my Captain; Mat Finch, 
First Lieutenant. Colonel Sherman was our regimental com- 
mander. We stayed here two or .three days and then took up 
our line of march for the Brazos. We went into the Brazos 
bottom right opposite Groose's and camped on a lake and 
stayed several days. 

Santa Anna was following us all this time, and he camped 
at San Felipe, which was a few miles below us. Plouston 
had spies out on the opposite side' of the river, watching his 
movements. These spies reported to Houston that about 
1000 of the Mexicans had struck out across the country to- 
ward Harrisburg. We were ordered to prepare to march. Wo 
crossed the Brazos at Groose's in a small boat called the "Yel- 
lowstone.'' We nuirched on to Harrisburg, going down Buf- 
falo Bayou on tlie north side. Santa Anna had gone on tlie 
south side. 

\\'hen we reached Harrisburg we learned that Santa Anna 
had burned the town and gone on. We camped right oppo- 
site Harrisburg, and when we camped Deaf Smith dropped on 
our trail and captured a Mexican courier. From him we 
learned that Santa Anna was ahead of us. 

We left a guard behind at Harrisburg to protect the 
women and children and property, and Mr. AYilliam P. Zul)er, 
now living in Austin. Texas, was a member of the guarding 
party and was thereby prevented from being in the battle of 
San Jacinto. 

We crossed the Bayou asi fiist as we could, for we liad but 
one little old leaky boat to cross in. There we got on Santa 
Anna's trail anrl followed it until after we crossed Vince's 
Bayou, marching all night. 

We quit Santa Anna's ti'ad when we crossed Vince's 
Bayou, we turning north, he east. About sun-up wo were 
halted to get something to eat. About the time wo got our 
fires kindled and some beeves shot down, the scouts came 



dashing in and said the enemy were just over the ridge. We 
were immediately ordered to arms and to move on. We camped 
on Buffalo Bayou, just above the junction of the San Jacinto 
river and tlie Bayou. Some more beeves were driven up and 
killed and we went to cooking and eating. 

There was a body of Mexicans in a little grove about 300 
yards northeasft of us, who kept up a constant fire on us all 
the time we were cooking and eating, but they did no damage. 
Two of our men slipped out through, the grass to see if they 
could get close enough to shoot them. They discovered a little 
sail boat sailing up the bayou. They hid in the grass and 
waited until it got even with them. They then rose up and 
ordered them asiiore. They saw it was manned by Mexicans, 
who jumped out on the opposite side and swam ashore and 
left the boat. One of the men gave his gun to his comrade 
and swam in and steered it right up to our camp. It was 
loaded with flour, meal and salt. Houston placed a guard 
over it and sent the surgeons in to see if it had been poisoned. 
They pronounced it all right ; so it was issued out to us. This 
was the first bread we had had in some time. We had left 
our cooking utensils at Harrisburg, so we had nothing to 
cook bread in. We made it up in tin cups and roasted it in 
the ashes or rolled it on sticks and cooked it that way. We 
feasted that day — the 20th. 

In the evening Sherman took what cavalry we had and 
gave their cavalry a little skirmish and got one man wounded. 
He crowded them so close that the Mexicans put their infan- 
try out, and consequently wo were ordered out in battle line. 
Sherman had orders to not bring on a general attack, so he 
withdrew. 

Then we rested easy until after dinner on the 21st. About 
sunrise on the 21st Santa Anna received about oOO additional 
troops under Cos. After dinner on the 21st we received orders 
to prepare for battle. We advanced in the following order: 
Houston, with artillery in tlie center, the cavalry on the right 
and Sherman on the left. The Mexicans had thrown up 
breastworks out of their baggage about one hundred yaTd'' 
south of a point of tii:il)er, where they had f^tationod tlieir 



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artillerv. Santa Anna's right wing was placed in a thick 
grove of timber. 

When \te got up pretty close. General Houston sent word 
to Colonel Sherman to attack tliis position. We were ordered 
to move forward and hold our fire until orders were given. 
Wlien we got tip within sixty or seventy yards we were ordered 
to fire. Then all discipline, so far as Sherman's regiment 
was concerned, was at an end. We were all firing as rapidly 
as Ave could; and as soon as we fired every man went to re- 
loading, and lie who first got his gim reloaded moved on, 
not waiting for orders. 1 got my gun loaded and rushed on 
into the timber and fired again. When the second volley was 
poured into thenr' in that tind)er they broke and ran. As 
soon as I got my gtin loaded again 1 ran on a little in front of 
our men and thficAv up my guii to shoot, when 1 was shot down. 
Dave Rusk was standing by ine when 1 was shot. He told 
some of the men to stay with me, but I told him, "No. take 
them on.'" 

One of our own men in passing asked me if he could take 
my pistol, but by this time I was bleeding at the nose and 
mouth so I couldn't speak; so he just stooped down and got 
it and went on. ' After laying there awhile I managed to get 
to a sitting postui-e and drink some water,! had in a gourd. 
This stopped the blood from coming from my nose and mouth. 
While 1 was sitting thus one of our men who had been lying 
behind came along and asked me if I was wounded. 1 told 
him I was, and he said, "1 will stay with you. then." 1 told 
him. '"All right; please go and bring me a gourd of water." 
While he was gone after the water 1 got up to see if 1 could 
walk. I had lost so much blood when 1 had Avalked five or 
six steps I got blind and couldn't see. I sat down by a little 
sapling. After sitting there a few minutes I could see again. 
About this time the fellow got back with the gourd of water. 
Just as lie went to hand me the water a c-ouple of Mexicans 
came running toward us. T suppoft they had hid in the gi-ass 
until our men had ])assed, and were now running back to 
get out of the Avay. When they got in about twenty steps 
of us thev saw iis and threw uj) their hands and began to 



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"jabber" something. I said to tiie fellow with me, "Shoot 
one of them Mexicans." He said, "I can't do it; they want 
to surrender." I said, "I don't want any more prisoners; hand 
me my gun and I will shoot one of them." He handed me 
my gun (which was lying where 1 luid fallen) and I shot one 
of them down; the other one ran off. 1'he fellow said, "It 
won't do for us to stay here in this timber." 1 said, "Well, 
you can go; I can't." "I will go and get you a horse and 
carry you out," he said. He went and got a horse and carried 
me out and put me among a lot of dead Mexicans. I was 
so blind I could hardly see anything and I sat down on a 
dead Mexican. While I was sitting there some of our regu- 
lars who had stayed at the Mexican breastworks and were 
sticking their bayonets through the wounded Mexicans came 
along and one of them had his bayonet drawn to stick through 
me, when Gen. Tom Creen, who belonged to the artillery 
corps, stopped him. Then 1 was put on a horse and started 
towards our camp. No one went with me, but the horse 
carried me in all right. That night 1 was carried across 
the bayou to Dc Zavalla's residence, which he had given up 
as a hospital. 

My Experience in the Hospital. 

Drs. Phelps and Ueagan put me on a pallet on the floor 
and took my shirt off and rore it up and made a bandage and 
put it around my body under my arms. The next day my 
body was swollen and liurting me. I told the Doctor it was 
too tight. "Let it alone; it will have to stay there," he said 
I took my knife, cut it off, threw it on the floor, and said, 
"Doctor, there is your bandage." He put another one on. I 
told him if he put it on tigiit like the other one 1 would cut 
it off. 

My diet was eiackers and sweetened vinegar. They fed 
me on that until I got so weak I couldn't get up. I came to 
the conclusion that they wouJd starve me to death if I didn't 
get something to eat. There was a fine garden there and 
plenty of vegetables in it. lliomas Johnson waited on me. 



I asked him every day what they were eooking. Ee told me 
on tiiis day they were cooking eahbage. T'he doctors took their 
meals upstairs, but they had to come through the room where 
I was to get up there. 

As Dr. Phelps passed through on his way to dinner I 
asked him if I couldn't eat a few cabbage. He said, ''Xo, not 
a bite.'* 

When Johnson came in with my crackers and vinegar 1 
said, '"Jlie Doctor says it will not hurt me to eat a few of 
those cahbage, Johnson ; so bring me in a few of them." He 
brought the cabbage, and just as 1 finished eating them tho 
Hector came down. When he saw what I had been eating 
he said, "Have you been eating cabbage?" I said, "Yes, I 
have just finished eating a pretty good mess." He said, "Yes, 
and you will be dead bv night." "I reckon vou'li be glad of 
it," i said. 

My nurse kept trotting in and out all evening to see if 
I was dying, but instead of dying I felt better than I had felt 
in a good while. I had now got myself to where Johnson 
wouldn't believe me. He told me they were cooking beans 
the next day. 1 wanted some of those beans, but didn't know 
how to get them. I said, "Johnson, I want you to he in the 
room with me when the doctors go up to dinner. When they 
came in I said, "Doctor, those cabbage didn't hurt me: may 
I have some beans to-day?" "I don't care what you eat," he 
said. "Thank you, sir," I replied. From then on I had a 
little of anything they had to eat, and I was soon able to get 
up. 

Some time after this I, with several others, was moved 
down to Perkin's Island. Among the party was a wounded 
Mexican officer. Dr. Peagan went with us. We were here 
quartered in a house with side rooms on each side. I was 
placed in a room on one side and the Mexican on the other 
side. When we got there my wound was hurting me so I 
told Johnson to take off my shirt and see what w^as the mat- 
ter with it. (The Doctor had been staying with that Mexican 
and neglecting T'om and myself for several days.) "Go tell 



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the Doctor to come here and tell me what to do." He sent 
word back for me to come in there. 

"Put some red precipitate on it, Johnson; may be it is 
proud flesh." Johnson put it on and then put my shirt on. 
I had traded a few days before that for a derringer pistol. 
] got my pistol and put it under my pillow and lay down 
and waited. I thought he would pass out that way. After a 
little while he came along, and as soon as he stepped into the 
room 1 drew the pistol and told him to stand or I would 
kill him. I told him of all his meanness, and after I got 
through I said, "Now you go dog, and never speak to mc 
again." 

A few days after, he sent Johnson in to see me to try 
to make it up. I told Johnson to tell him to remember what 
1 told him, and I had nothing more to do with him. 

Two or three weeks after this, John Tom and I, both being 
able to travel, we left. We crossed over in a canoe to the 
north side, where we struck a well-to-do farmer, and Tom 
bought a pony and I gave my derringer and a little money 
for one, and we started to Washington bareback. On our way 
we had to pass by Donahue's. We had got out of bread, but 
we had meal ; so we went to Donahue's to get a skillet to bake 
some bread (old man Tom Tumblestone, John lorn and my- 
self). Donahue asked me where we were from. Tumblestone 
told him we were from Houston's army. "No," said Dona- 
hue ; "no such men as you can bake bread in my skillet." 

Tumblestone threw his gun on him and would have shot 
him if he had not jumped back into the house. The cause of 
Donahue's behavior as above related was due to the following:; 
incident, which occurred on our march down before the battle, 
the first night after we crossed the river: 

The army was marching through a lane wiiich j^a^sed in 
front of Donahue's house. General Houston was in front, 
and just as he got oppof^ite the house Donahue stepped out 
on the porch and said. "Oeueval, I don't vrant you to camp on 
my land or cut my timber." General Houston said, "All. 
right, Mr. Donahue, we'll not cut your timber." He then 



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turned to the men in front and t^aid, "Make a j^ap in tlie fence 
by taking out two panels." They did so, and he then said, 
"Forward, march, and follow me !" He marched around the 
fence enclosing the house, and by the time he got back to the 
gap the whole army was inside the enclosure. Houston turned 
to his men and said, "Mr. Donahue does not want you to cut 
his timber, and if any one cuts a tree I'll punish him. T'ake 
the rails from that inside fence, but don't break tlie outside 
fence.'' So they took the rails and made fires. This, of 
course, made Donahue nuid, and he stepped back in the house 
and gave expression to his feelings in very strong language. 

After supper some of the boys proposed that they have 
a dance. "All right, if we can get the ladies." A dozen or 
more families were camped near, so some of the boys were 
sent to see if the ladies would come, which they agreed to do. 
While we were waiting for the ladies to get ready some of the 
boys went to see Mr. Donahue and said, "Mr. Donahue, we 
want you to move the furniture out of one or the rooms; we 

are going to have a dance here." "I'll not move a (using 

a very strong adjective) thing.' "All right, we'll move them 
for you." So they took eveiything out of one of the rooms 
and piled it up in the hall. It Avas a double log house with 
a hall between. They danced nearly all night. I leave you 
to imagine how well- Donahue enjoyed it. It was still fresh 
in his memory when we went to borrow his skillet. Rut I'll 
resume. 

After Donahue refused to lend us liis skillet, we started 
on to Washington. When we reached ^Vashington I met an 
old man by the name of Lott, whom I had been acquainted 
with before I went into the army. He was keeping liotei 
there. He told me to make liis house my stopping place as 
long as I wanted to stay, and it shouldn't cost me a cent. 

The next day while at the dinner table there were seven 
or eight men there. Th^* got to talking about a pony which 
was loose in the bottom. They were describing it in a peculiar 
way, and every fellow was describing something peculiar about 
it, though several of them, like mvself, had never seen it. 



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After they had described it in nearly every way possible I 
said, in a spirit of fun, "And a bob-tail." 

A man by the name of Cloud took exceptions to what I 
said. After we had finished our dinner he and some of the 
others went into another room, and I heard him ask who I 
was. They told him it was a fellow by the name of Steele, 
"Well, I'll Steele him when he comes out here," he said. 
When I walked out he commenced, and I told him I had 
intended no insult in the remark I had made, but if I had 
insulted him I was sorry for it. "You had no business put- 
ting in your jaw," "My jaw is my own, and I'll put it in 
when I get ready," I replied. "Shut your mouth or I'll cut 
your liver out!" "Cut away," I said; "you will never make 
me shut my mouth. W!hy didn't you jump on some man here 
who was able to fight you — you knew I was a cripple." 

About this time a man by the name of Shepherd stepped 
out of the dining room and said to Cloud, "You just shut 
your mouth or I will mash it for you." That settled him; 
he had nothing more to say. 

I had a friend 's^y the name of Xeil, who came to this 
State with me, who at this time was clerking for Wood & 
Steele of this place. I went to him and said, "Neil, have you 
got a pistol?" "Yes," he said. "Well, I want you to lend it 
to me for a few days while 1 aan here; I am not able to help 
m^-self." "All right," he replied. He. got it and loaded it up. 
After he got it loaded he said, "I am nbt going to let*\-ou have 
this pistol; there is something the matter." "No," said I, 
"there is nothing the matter." "I know better. I know you 
too well for that," he said, and stuck the pistol in his pocket. 
"Now tell me what's tlie trouble." I told him. He said, 
"Come and go.^'ith me." 

We found Cloud in a saloon. Xeil walked up to him and 
abused him and wanted to know why he had been*- "abusing 
this boy." 

Cloud apologized, begged off and asked my pardon and 
wanted to be friends. I replied, "Xo, sir; you wpul(^ not 
acc^ept my apology. I'll not acc-^t yours." I never saw him 
any more. 



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Oil Se])teiiibi'r 2S, 1S;><S. I was nian-icd, in Montgomery 
('{)imty, to Miss Mary Ann Powell ; moved to Limestone 
County in the fall of 1844 and ha\^e lived here since. My wife 
died in 1904. There are living in my family five generations 
extending through the male line, and my descendants number 
about 17 0, most of them living. Alfonso Steele, 

T^st Survivor of Battle of San Jacinto. 



I I'Jjitor'.s Note. — Mr. Steele is a hale and hearty old 
gentleman, not looking to be over 70 years of age, and often 
comes to Mexia, and always climbs the steps to our office to 
call on the editor, who is proud of the friendship of such a 
grand old man.— N. P. Houx, Publisher.] 






REPORT OF 

GEN. SAM HOUSTON 

ON 
THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO. 

(San Antonio Express.) 

The following are documents of Major General Sam Houston, 
Commander-in-Chief of the Texas army, sent to David G. Burnett. 
President of the Republic of Texas. These documents give an 
authentic account of the battle of San Jacinto, a complete list 
of the heroes who fought in that engagement, and they clear 
up some points heretofore the object of controversy. 

The Express correspondent is indebted to Mr. J. W. Winters, 
of Big Foot, for the papers, which follow: 

Documents to His Excellency^ David G. Burnet. President of 
the Republic of Texas: 

Headquarters of the Army, San Jacinto, April 2b, 1S36. — Sir: 
I regret extremely that my situation since the battle of the 21st 
nas been such as to prevent my rendering you my official report 
of the same previous to this. 

I have the honor to inform you that on the evening of the 
18th, after a forced march of fifty-five miles, which was effected 
in two days and a half, the army arrived opposite Harrisburg. 
That evening a courier of the enemy was taken, from whom I 
learned that General Santa Anna, with one division of his choice 
troops, had marched in the direction of Lynche's Ferry, on 
the San Jacinto, burning Harrisburg as he passed down. The 
army was ordered to be in readiness to march the next morning. 
The main body effected a crossing over Buffalo Bayou below 
Harrisburg, on the morning of the 19th, having left the baggag?, 
the sick and a sufficient guard in the rear. We continued the 
march throughout the night, making but one halt in the prairie 
for a short time and without refreshment. At daylight we re 
sumed the line of march, and in a short distance our scouts 
encountered those of the enemy, and we received the informa- 
tion that General Santa Anna was at New Washington and would 
that day take up the line of march for Anahuac, crossing at 



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Lyiiche's Ferry. The Texan army halted within half a mile of 
the ferry in some timber, and were engaged in slaughtering 
beeves, when the army cf Santa Anna was discovered to be 
approaching in battle array, having been encamped at Klopper's 
Point, eight miles below. Disposition was immediately made of 
our forces and preparation for his reception. He took a position 
with his infantry and artillery in the center, occupying an island 
of timber, his cavalry covering the left flank. The artillery, 
consisting of one double fortified medium brass twelve-pounder, 
then opened on our encampment. The infantry in column ad- 
vanced with the design of charging our lines, but were repulsed 
by a discharge of grape and canister from our artillery, consist- 
ing of two six-pounders. The enemy had occupied a piece of 
timber within rifle shot of the left wing of our army, from 
which an occasional interchange of small arms took place be- 
tween the troops, until the enemy withdrew to a position on 
the bank of the San Jacinto, about three-quarters of a mile 
from our encampment and commenced fortifications. A short 
time before sunset our mounted men, about eighty-five in num- 
ber, under the special command of Colonel Sherman, marched 
out for the purpose of reconnoitering the enemy. While advancing 
they received a volley from the left of the enemy's infantry, and 
after a sharp re-encounter with their cavalry, in which ours 
acted extremely well and performed some feats of daring chiv- 
alry, they retired in good order, having had two men severely 
wounded and several horses killed. In the meantime the infan- 
try, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Millard, and Colonel 
Burleson's regiment, with the artillery, had marched out for the 
purpose of covering the retreat of the cavalry if necessary. All 
then fell back in good order to our encampment about sunset 
and remained without any ostensible action until the 21st, about 
8:30 o'clock, taking the first refreshment which they had en- 
joyed for two days. The enemy in the meantime extended the 
right flank of their infantry so as to occupy the extreme point 
of a skirt of timber on the bank of the San Jacinto, and secured 
their left by a fortification about five feet high, constructed of 
packs and baggage, leaving an opening in the center of the 
breastwork in which their artillery was placed, their cavalry 
ui)on their left wing. 

About 9 o'clock in the morning of the 21st the enemy were 
reinforced by 500 choice troops under the command of General 
Cos, increasing their effective force to upward of 5000 men, 
while our aggregate force for the field numbered 788. At 3:30 
o'clock in the evening I ordered the officers of the Texan army 
to parade their respective commands, having in the meantime 
ordered the l)ridge on the only road communicating with the 



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Brazos, distant eight miles from our encampment, to be de- 
stroyed, thus cutting off all possibility of escape. Our troops 
paraded with alacrity and spirit and were anxious for the contest. 
Their conspicuous disparity in numbers seemed only to increase 
their enthusiasm and confidence, and heighten their anxiety for 
the conflict. Our situation afforded me an opoprtunity of mak- 
ing the arrangements preparatory to the attack without exposing 
our designs to the enemy. The First regiment, commanded by 
Colonel Burleson, was assigned to the center. The Second regi- 
ment, under the command of Colonel Sherman, formed the left 
wing of the army. The artillery, under the special command 
of Colonel George W. Hockley, Inspector General, was placed 
on the right of the First regiment, and four companies of infan- 
try, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Millard, 
sustained the artillery vijjon the right. Our cavalry, sixty-one 
in number, commanded by Colonel Mirabeau Lamar (whose gal- 
lant and daring conduct en the previous day had attracted the 
admiration of his comrades and called him to that station), 
placed on our extreme right, completed our line. Our cavalry 
was first dispatched to the front of the enemy's left for the pur 
pose of attracting their notice, while an extensive island of 
timber afforded us opportunity of concentrating our forces and 
displaying from that point, agreeably to the previous design of 
the troops. Every evolution was performed with alacrity, the 
whole advancing rapidly in line, and through an open prairie 
without any protection whatever for our men. The artillery 
advanced and took station within 200 yards of the enemy's breast- 
work and commenced an effective fire with grape and canister. 
Colonel Sherman and his regiment having commenced the 
action upon our left wing, the whole line, at the center and on 
the right, advancing in double quick time, rung out the war cry, 
"Remember the Alamo!" received the enemy's fire and advanced 
within point blank shot before a piece was discharged from our 
lines. Our line advanced without a halt until they were in pos- 
session of the woods and the enemy's breastwork, the right wing 
of Burleson's and the left of Millard's taking possession of the 
breastwork — our artillery having gallantly charged up to within 
seventy yards of the enemy's cannon, when it was taken by our 
troops. The conflict lasted about eighteen minutes from the 
time of close action until we were in possession of the enemy's 
encampment, taking one piece of cannon (loaded), four stands 
of colors, all their camp equippage, stores and baggage. Our 
cavalry had charged and routed that of the enemy upon the 
right and given pursuit to the fugitives, which did not cease 
until they arrived at the bridge, which I have mentioned before 
Captain Karnes — always among the foremost in danger — com- 



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nianded the pursuit. The conflict in the breastworks lasted but 
a few moments; many of the troops encountered hand to hand, 
and not having the advantage of bayonets on our side, our rifle- 
men used their i)ieces as war clubs, breaking many of them 
off at the breach. The rout commenced at 4:30 and the pursuit 
by the main army continued until twilight. A guard was then 
left in charge of the enemy's encampment, and our army re- 
turned with their killed and wounded. In the battle our loss 
was two killed and twenty wounded, six of whom mortally. The 
enemy's loss was 630 killed, among whom was one general, 
four colonels, two lieutenant colonels, five captains and twelve 
lieutenants. Wounded 208, of which were five colonels, three 
lieutenant colonels, seven captains and one cadet; prisoners. 
730. President-General Santa Anna, General Cos, four colonels — 
aids to General Santa Anna — and the colonel of the Guereo bat- 
talion are included in the number. General Santa Anna was not 
taken until the 22d, General Cos on yesterday, very few having 
escaped. About 600 muskets, 300 sabers and 200 pistols have 
been collected since the action; several hundred mules and horse.^ 
were taken and near $12,000 in specie. For several days per- 
vious to the action our troops were engaged in forced marches, 
exposed to excessive rains, and the additional inconvenience of 
bad roads, illy supplied with rations and clothing, yet amid every 
difficulty they bore up with cheerfulness and fortitude and per 
formed their marches with alacrity. There was no murmuring. 

Previous to and during the action my staff evinced every 
dispositicn to be useful and were actively engaged in their du- 
ties. In the conflict I am assured that they demeaned them- 
selves in such a manner as proved them worthy members of 
the army of San .lacinto. Col. T. J. Rusk, Secretary of War, was 
on the field. For weeks his services have been highly beneficial 
in our army. In battle he was on the left wing, where Colonel 
Sherman's command first encountered and drove the enemy; 
he bore himself .aallantly and continued his efforts and activity, 
remaining with the pursuers until resistance ceased. 

I have the honor of transmitting a list of all the officers and 
men who were engaged in the action, which I respectfully re- 
quest may be published as an act of justice to the individuals. 
For the commanding general to attempt discrimination as to the 
conduct of those who commanded, or those who were command- 
ed, would be impossible. Our success in the action is conclusive 
proof of much daring, intrepidity and courage; every officer 
and man proved himself worthy of the cause in which he battled, 
while the humanity which characterized their conduct after the 
victory richly entitles them to the admiration and gratitude of 
th(Mr general. Nor should we withhold the tribute of our grate 



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tul thanks from that IJeing who rules the destinies of nations, 
and has in time of greatest need enabled us to arrest a powerful 
invader while devastating our country. 

I have the honor to be, with high consideration. 
Your obedient servant, 

SAM HOUSTON, 

Commander-in-Chief. 
Return of killed and wounded in the actions of the 20th and 
21st of April, 1836. 

Major General Sam Houston, wounded severely. 

FIRST REGIMENT TEXAS VOLUNTEERS. 

Comiiany A — George Waters, private, wounded slightly on the 
21st. 

Company B — James Counly, private, badly wounded on the 
21st. 

Comi)any B — Wm. S. Walker, private, badly wounded on the 
21st. 

Company C — Captain .Jesse Billingsley. slightly wounded on 
the 21st. 

Company C — Lemuel Blakely, private, killed on the 21st. 

Company C — Logan Vandeveer, private, badly wounded on the 
21st. 

Company C — Washington Anderson, private, slightly wounded 
on the 21st. 

Company C — Calvin Page, private, slightly wounded on the 
21st. 

Companv C — Marion Walker, private, badlv wounded on the 
21st. 

Company D — Captain Mosely Baker, slightly wounded on the 
21st. 

Company D — C. D. Anderson, private, slightly wounded on 
the 21st. 

Company F — Leroy Wilkinson, private, slight wounded on the 
21st. 

Company F — James Nelson, private, wounded on the 21st. 

Company F — Mitchell Putnam, private, wounded on the 21st. 

Company H — A. R. Stevens, private, wounded on the 21st. 

Company H — J. Tom, private, wounded on the 21st. 

Company H — J. Cooper, private, killed on the 21st. 

Company H — B. R. Brigham, private, killed on the 21st. 

Total— Killed, 3; wounded, 16. 

SECOND REGIMENT TEXAS VOLUNTEERS. 

Company D — Second Lieutenant Lamb, killed on the 21st. 
Company D — G. W. Robinson, private, severely wounded on 
the 21st. 



Company D — William Winters, private, severely wounded on 
the 21st. 

Company D — First Sergeant Albert Callatin, slightly wounded 
on the 21st. 

Company E — Washington Lewis, private, severely wounded on 
the 21st. 

Company D — E. G. Rector, private, slightly wounded on the 
21st. 

Company F — Alphonso St eele , private, severely w ounde d on 
the 2J^t. "^ ' ~' 

*** Company K— First Lieutenant J. C. Hale, killed on the 21st. 

Company J — Captain Smith, slightly wounded on the 21st. 

Company J — First Sergeant Thomas P. Fowl, killed on the 
21st. 

Total — Killed, 3; severely wounded, 5; slightly, 3; total 11. 

Dr. William Motley, severely wounded on the 21st, died since. 

A. R. Stevens, wounded severely on the 21st, died since. 

Lieutenant Colonel J. C. Neil, of the artillery, wounded se- 
verely on the 20th. 

Wm. A. Park, of the artillery, wounded slightly on the 21st. 

Devereaux J. Woodlief, of the cavalry, wounded severely on 
the 20th. 

Olwyn J. Trask, private of the cavalry, wounded severely on 
the 20th. 

ARMY ORDER. 

Headquarters San Jacinto, May 5, 1836. 

Comrades: Circumstances connected with the battle of the 
21st render our separation for the present unavoidable. I need 
not express to you the many painful sensations which that neces- 
sity inflicts upon me. I am solaced, however, by the hope that 
we will soon be reunited in the great cause of liberty. Brigadier 
General Rusk is appointed to command the army for the present. 
I confide in his valor, his patriotism and his wisdom. His con- 
duct in the battle of San Jacinto was sufficient to insure your 
confidence and regard. 

The enemy, though retreating, are still within the limits of 
Texas. Their situation being known to you, you cannot be taken 
by surprise. Discipline and subordination will render you invin- 
cible. Your valor and heroism have proven you unrivaled. Let 
not contempt for the enemy throw you off your guard. Vigilance 
is the first duty of a soldier and glory the proudest rewards of 
his toils. 

You have patiently endured privations, hardships and difficul- 
ties Unappalled, you have encountered odds two to one of the 
enemy against you and borne yourself in the onset and conflict 



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of battle in a manner unknown in the annals of modern warfare. 
While an enemy to our independence remains in Texas the work 
is incomplete; but when liberty is firmly established by your 
patience and your valor, it will be fame enough to say, "I was 
a member of the army of San Jacinto." 

In taking leave of my brave comrades in arms, I cannot sup- 
press the expression of that pride which I so justly feel in having 
had the honor to command them in person, nor will withhold the 
tribute of my warmest admiration and gratitude for the prompt- 
ness with which my orders were executed and union maintained 
throughout the army. At parting my heart embraces you with 
gratitude and affection. SAM HOUSTON, 

Commander-in-Chief, 

A list of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates, en- 
.gaged in the battle of San Jp.cinto on the 21st of April, 1836: 

Major General Sam Houston, Commander-in-Chief of the 
forces. 

STAFF. 

Adjutant General — John A. Wharton. 

Inspector General — George W. Hockley. 

Commissary General — John Forbes. 

Assistant Inspector General — William G. Cooke. 

Aide-de-Camps — A. Horton, Wm. H. Patton, James Collins- 
wcrlh. 

Volunteer Aides — James H. Perry, R. Eden Handy. R. M, 
Coleman. 

Secretary of War — Hon. Thomas J. Rusk. 

William Motley, M. D. 

MEDICAL STAFF. 

Alexander Ewing — Surgeon, First Regiment Artillery, Acting 
Surgeon General. 

Davidson — Surgeon, First Regiment Volunteers, 
Fitzhugh — Assistant Surgeon, First Regiment Volunteers. 
A Jones — Surgeon, Second Regiment Volunteers. 
Booker — Assistant Surgeon, Second Regiment Volunteers. 
Labadie — Assistant Surgeon, Second Regiment Volunteers. 

ARTILLERY CORPS. 
Officers. 
Lieutenant Colonel J. C; Neil, wounded on the 20th. 
Captain, J. N. Moreland. First Lieut., W. Stilwell. 

Privates. 
T. O. Harris ' Richardson Scurry, First Sergt. 

Joseph White N. B. Green 



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John M. Wade John Ferrill 

Hugh M. Swift Joseph Floyd 

Wm A. Park, wounded on 21st Alfred Benton 

Thomas Green D. T. Dunham 

Clark M. Harmon Thos. Plaster, Second Sergt. 

T. J. Robinson Willis Collins, 

M. Baxter T. C. Edwards 

Benj. McCullough S. B. Bardwell 

Assisted by the following regulars from the companies of 
Captains Teal and Turner: 

Campbell Millerman, Gainer and Cumberland, of Teal's Com 
pany. 

Ellis, Benson, Clayton, Merwin and Legg, of Turner's Com 
pany. 

CAVALRY CORPS. 



Officers. 

Mirabeau B. Lamar, Commander. 
Henry Carnes, Captain J. R. Cook, First Lieutenant. 



W. Segretts 
A. Allsbury 
S. C. Tunnage 

D. W. Reaves 

E. R. Rainwater 
J. D. Elliot 

J. P. Davis 

J. Neil 

N.. Nixon 

G. Deaderick 

J. Nash 

Isaac W. Benton 

Jacob Duncan 

J. W. Hill 

P. Allsbury 

D. McKay 

W. J. C. Pierce 

W. King 

Thomas Blackwell 

Goodwin 

J. Coke 

W. B. Sweeney 

Lem Gustine, M. D. 



Privates. 



Benajmin F. Smith 

W. H. Smith, Captain 

Wm. Harness, Second Lieut. 

Thomas Robbins 

Elisha Clapp 

R. Henderson 

George Johnson 

J. W. Williamson 

Wilson C. Brown 

J. Thompson 

John Robbins 

W'm. F. Young 

James Douthall 

John Carpenter 

Wm. Taylor 

Anthony Foster 

Z. Y. Beauford 

Spencer Townsend 

James Shaw 

Wm. D. Redd 

Clopper 

P. H. Bell 

J. W. Robinson 



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REGULARS. 

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Millard, Commanding. 

Captain John M. Allen, Acting Major. 

COMPANY A. 
Officers. 

Andrew Briscoe, Captain Chas. Ford, Fourth Sergt. 

Martin K. Snell, First Lieut. Richardson, First Corporal 

Rcbt. McCloskey, Second Lieut Harry C. Craig, Second Corp'l 

Lyman F. Rounds, First Sergt. Bear, Third Corporal 

Davis S. Nelson, Second Sergt. Flores, Musician 

Daniel O. Driscoll, Third Sergt. 



Bruff 

Bebee 

Benton 

H. P. Brewster 

Cassady 

Dutcher 

Darrl 

Elliott 

Flynn. 

Farley 

Grieves 

Warner 

Henderson 

1 .ang 

Larbartare 

Li m ski 

Mason 

Montgomery 



Privates. 



Marsh 

Morton, 

O'Neill 

Pierce 

Patton 

Rheinhart 

Kainer 

Richardson 

Smith, first 

Smith, second 

Sullivan 

Saunders, 

Swain 

Tindall, first 

Taylor 

Van Winkle 

Wilkinson 

Webb 



VOUNTEERS. 

COMPANY B. 

Officers. 

A. Turner, Captain. Swearinger. Second Sergt 

W. Millen, First Lieut. Robert Moore, Corporal 

W. W. Summers, Second Lieut. Thomas Wilson, Corporal 

Charles Stewart, First Sergt. M. Snyder, Corporal 



Bernard 

Browning 

Bissett 



Privates. 

Smith, second 

Scheston 

Christie 



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Bellen 

Colton 

Callahan 

Harper 

Hogan 

Harvey 

Johnson 

Kneeland 

Ludus 

Nirlas 

Pascal 

Phillips 

Smith, first 



Clarkson 

Dalrymple 

Eldridge 

Edson 

Link, 

Minnett 

Mordorff 

Massie 

Moore, second 

Sigman 

Tyler 

Woods 

Wardryski 



VOUNTEERS. 

COMPANY B. 

Officers. 

A. Roman, Captain S. L. Wheeler, Sergeant 

Nicholas Dawson, Second Lieut. A. Taylor, Corporal 
James Wharton, Sergeant. J. S. Egbert, Corporal 

A. Mitchell, Sergeant W. Moore, Corporal 



Angell 
G. Brown 
Joseph Barstow 
J. B. Bradley 
B. Coles 
J. S. Conn 
J. H. T. Dixon 
William Dunbar 
H. Homan 
J. M.Jett 
Stev. Jett 
A. S. Jordan 
S. W. Lamar 



W. S. Fisher, Captain 

R. W. Carter, Second Lieut. 



Privates. 

Edw. Lewis 

J. W. B. McFarline 

A. McStea 

H. Millar 

W. G. Newman 

W. Richardson 

D. Tindale 

J. Vinaler 

C. W. Waldrom 

P. P. Williams 

Jas. Wilder 

W. S. Walker 

James Ownby 

COMPANY I. 
Officers. 

Jones, Sergeant 



George W- Leek 
N. Rudders 



Privates. 

Ch. Stebbins 



J. W. Shroud 
James Sovereign 
W. Sargent 
R. J. L. Reel 
Rufus Wright 
James McAlister 
B. P. Starkley 

Day 

John Morgan 
Tewister 

Slack 

R. Banks 
Jack Maybeen 

Graves 

B. F. Fro 

E. G. Mayrie 

Neil 

J. M. Shreve 
W. Pace 



R. Crittenden 
Adam Mosier 
.1. S. Patterson 
Joseph Douane 
Geo. W. Mason 
Thomas Pratt 
E. Knoland 
A. H. Miles 

Lewellin 

Joseph Josylyn 
W. S. Arnot 
M. W. Brighani 
P. Burk 
H. Bond 
George Fennell 
W. Gill 
Jo Gillespie 
A. J. Harris 
D. James 



STAFF OF THE COMMAND. 

Nicholas Lynch, Adjutant John Smith, Sergeant Major 

W. M. Carper, Sergeant Pinkney Caldwell, Quartermaster 

FIRST REGIMENT TEXAS VOLUNTEERS. 
Edward Burleson, Colonel James W. Tinsley, Adjutant 
Alex Somerville, Lieut. Colonel Cleveland, Sergeant Major 



COMPANY A. 
Officers. 
William Wood, Captain Jas. A. Sylvester, Second Sergt. 

S. B. Raymond, Second Lieut. O. T. Brown, Third Sergeant 
J. C. Allison, First Sergeant Nathaniel Peck, Fourth Sergt. 



Irwin Armstrong 
William H. Berryhill 
Uriah Blue 
Seymour Bottsford 
Luke W. Bust 
James Cunbo 
Elijah V. Dale 
Abner C. Davis 
Jacob Eiler 
Simon P. Ford 
Garner 



Privates. 



Wm. C. Hays 
Thomas A. Haskin 
J. D. Loderback 
Edward Miles 
Benj. Osborne 
James R. Pinchback 
Joseph Rhodes 
.John W. Rial 
Ralph E. Sevey 
.John Viven 
George Waters 



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Giles A. Giddings 
James Greenwood 
Wm, Griffin 



J as. Welsh 
Ezra Westgate 
Walter Winn 



COMPANY C. 
Officers. 



Jesse Billingsley, Captain 
Micah Andrews, Lieutenant 
James A. Craft, Second Lieut. 



Russell B. Craft, First Sergeant 
Wm. H. Magill, Second Sergeant 
Campbell Taylor, Third Sergeant 



Privates. 



L. S. Cunningham 

John Herron 

Preston 

Conley 

Jackson 

Berry 

Jefferson 

Barton 

Dernry 

Pace 

Lemuel Blakely 

George Self 

Thomas Davy 

Jacob Standiford 

Wfeyne Barton 

Sampson Connell 

Logan Vandeveer 

Washington Anderson 

William Standerford 

William Simmons 

George Green 

George P. Erath 

John W. Bunton 

Wm. Criswell 



Sam McClelland 
Lewis Goodwin 
Joseph Garwood 
Willis Avery 
Jesse Halderman 
Charles Williams 
Aaron Burlerson 
Calvin Gage 
Martin Walker 
Gernett E. Boon 
Robert M. Craven 
Walker Wilson 
Prior Holder 
Thomas Mays 
A. M. Highsmith 
James Curtis 
Thomas M. Dennis 
James R. Pace 
John Hobson 
V. M. Bain 
Robert Hood 
Dugal McLean 
Thomas A. Graves 



COMPANY D. 
Officers. 

Joseph Baker, First Sergeant 



Mosely Baker, Captain 

J. P. Borden, First Lieutenant E. C. Pettus, Second Sergeant 

John Pettus, Second Lieutenant James Friel, Corporal 

M. A. firyan. Third Sergeant J. L. Hill, Third Corporal 



O. D. Anderson 
J. B. Alexander 



Privates. 

J. S. Menifee 
Paul Scarborough 



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John Bearhorn 
T. H. Bell 
S. R. Davis 
J. R. Foster 
A. Greenlaw 

Bosiich 

P. P. Borden 
J. Carter 
Samuel Fowler 
Hugh Frazier 
William Isbell 
R. Kleberg 
Mat Kuykendall 
Robert Moore 
Joseph McCrabb 
Louis Rorder 
V. W. Swearingen 
Joseph Vermilion 
I. E. Watkins 
A. W. Wolsey 
M. R. Williams 
Ellison York 
Patrick ITsher 



John Flick 
Ji H. Money 

Weppler 

John Marshall 
William Bernbece 

Millett 

Phillip Stroth 
Andreas Voyel 
Nicholas Peck 
William Hawkins 
Joseph Duncan 
George Sutherland 
Thomas Gay 
Joseph Miller 
G. W. Gardner 
William Mock 
S. H. Isbell 
McHenry Winburn 
W. R. Jackson 
D. D. D. Baker 
James Tarleton 
Allen Ingraham 



Officers belonging to the regular service. 

COMPANY K. 

Officers. 

R. J. Calder. Captain M. A. Bingham, First Sergeant 

J. Sharper, First Lieutenant 



Privates. 



B. Brigham 

J. Conner 

F. S. Cooke 

S. Conner 

George J. Johnson 

Granville Mills 

Elias Baker 

H. Gibbins 

M. Fowler 

H. Fields 

B. C. Frazier 

J. Green 

W. C Hogg 

J. Hall 

E. B. Halstead 



C. Malone 
J. Plunkett 
W. P. Reese 
C. R. Reese 
J. A. Spicer 
H. Stonfer 
J. Threadgill 
W. P. Scott 
R. Crawford 
S. B. Mitchell 
B. F. Fitch 
W. W. Gant 
J. S. Edgar 
J. Smith 
T. D. Owen 



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J. W. Hassel 
W. Lambert 
B. Mims 
W. Muir 
P. D. McNeil 



W. Hale 
A. G. Butts 
D. Dederick 
C. Forrister 
W. K. Denham 



COMPANY F. 



Officers. 

William J. E. Heard, Captain Wilson Lightfoot, Second Sergt. 
Wm'i Eastland, First Lieutenant Alfred Kelso, First Corporal 
Eli Mercer, First Sergeant Elijah Mercer, Second Corporal 



Privates. 



Robert McLaughlin 
Lerod Wilkinson 
Wm. Lightfoot 
Daniel Miller 
Jesse Robinson 
.Josiah Hagans 
John McCrab 
Maxwell Steel 
John Bigley 
Hugh McKenzie 
Joseph Elinger 
John Halliet 
J. Robinson 
D. Dunham 
William Passe 
James S. Lester 
Phillila Brading 
Christian Winner 
James Nelson 



John Tumlinson 
Francis Brockfield 
Charles M. Henry 
James Byrd 
Nathaniel Reid 
Andrew Sennatt 
P. B. O'Connor 
Thomas Ryans 
John Lewis 
James Highland 
Leander Beeson 
S. T. Foley 
Allen Jones 
Thomas Adams 
Mitchell Putnam 
T. N. Hardeman 
Charles Thompson 
Wm. Waters 



COMPANY H. 



Officers. 
William W. Hill, Captain (sick), Commanded by R. Stevenson. 
H. H. Swisher, First Lieutenant A. R. Stevens, Second Sergeant 
C. Raney, First Sergeant Wm. H. Miller, Fourth Sergeant 



B. Whiteside 
J. S. Stump 
J. M. Swisher 
Moses Davis 
John Lyford 
.John Tom 



Privates. 

B. Doolittle 
John Graham 
James M. Hill 
J. Iqtraham 
F. K. Henderson 
Uriah Saunders 



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Nicholas Crunk 
Lewis Clemins 
Wimi. Hawkins 
J. W. Cannon 
Jacob Groce 
F. B. Gentry 
J. G. Wilkinson 
A. Dillard 
P. Bowen 
James Farmer 
A. Lesassien 
W. R. Dallis 
M. B. Gray 
James Gray 



John Craddick 
John Gafford 
N. Mitchell 
Davin Korneky 
George Petty 
James Everett 
Prosper Hope 
J. Powell 
Matthew Dunn 
J. D. Jennings 
John C. Hunt 
J. Lawrence 
A. Carruthers 
Daniel McKay 



SECOND REGIMENT TEXAS VOLUNTEERS. 

Sidney Sherman, Colonel Edward B. Wood, Adjutant 

Jos L. Bennett, Lieut. Colonel Bennett McNeelly, Sergt. Major 
Lysender Wells, Major 

FIRST COMPANY. 
Officers. 

Hayden Arnold, Captain Isaac Edwards, Second Lieut. 

R. W. Smith, First Lieutenant. 



Privates. 



Sam Dieper 
Peter W. Homer 
P. W. Kincannon 
Daniel Doubt 
John Moss 
T. E. Hamilton 
David Rusk 
W. F. Williams 
J. W. McHorse 
H. Malena Alexin 
John Marvey 
M. G. Whitaker 
.lohn Yancey 
S. Yarborough, 
Thomas G. Box 
Nelson 
G. R. Mercer 
William Nabors 



William T. Sadler 
James Mitchell 
James E. Box 
Sam Phillips 
John P. Trenroy 
Levy Perch 
Crawford Grigsby 
John McCoy 
Dickinson Parker 
Jesse Walling 
J. W. Carpenter 
John Box 

Thomas D. Brooks 
W. E Hallinask 
S. F. Snanks 
Howard Bailey 
H. M. Brewer 
Stephen McLin 



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SECOND COMPANY. 
Officers. 
William Ware, Captain Albert Gallitin, First Sergeant 

Jacob S. Collard, First Lieut. Wm. C. Winters, Second Sergt 
George A. Lamb, Second Lieut. 



J F. Winters 
J. W. Winters 
C. Edinburg 
Lewis Cox 
G. W. Robinson 
G. W. Lawrence 



Privates. 

William Cartwright 
John Sadler 
James Wilson 
James Derritt 
Matthew Mass 
Jesse Thompson 

THIRD COMPANY. 



Officers. 

William Logan, Captain B. J. Harper, Second Lieut. 

Franklin Harden, First Lieut. E. P Branch, First Sergeant 



Privates. 



John Bidwell 
J. M. Maxwell 
M. Charencan 
E. Bulliner 
P. Bulliner 
John Sleighton 
Patrick Carnel 
Wm. M. Smith 
David Choat 
David Cole 
Q. Dykes 
David McFadden 
Thomas Orr 
Luke Bryan 
William Kibbe 



E. M. Tanner 
H. R. Williams 
Michael Poveto 
Lefray Gedrie 
John Farewell 
C. W. Thompson 
Cornelius D. Vols 
M. J. Brakey 
Thomas Belknap 
William Duffle 
Joseph Ellender 
William Smith 
William Robertson 
W. A. Smith 
James Call 



FOURTH COMPANY. 
Officers. 

W. H. Patton, Captain. (Before Entered as Aid to Gen. Houston.) 
David Murphy, First Lieut. Pendleton Rector, Second Serjt. 

Peter Harper, Second Lieut. W. A. Breedlove, Third Sergt. 
John Smith, First Sergt. G. L. Bledsoe, First Corporal 



James Bradlej 



Privates. 

Thomas Leveney 



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T. C. Boyd 
Robert Barr 

A. J. Ceard 
Alex Bailey 
J. J. Chiles 
Halden Deruiion 
Edward Daist 
R. B. Daist 

J. K. Davis 

B. Gallagher 
James Hall 

J. M. McCormick 
James Haye, 
Charles Hick 
A. D. Kenyon 
G. \V. Lewis 
J. Pickering 
St Clair Patton 
Claiborn Rector 
Prinear Ripley 



J. B. Taylor 
L. Willoughby 
G. Wright 
M. B. Atkinson 
S. Phillips 
Thomaa<' McCall 
J. A. Barkley 
Hogan Curtis 
Francis Wainrot 
J. B. Grice 
Nat Higer 
B. F. Cage 
James Harris 
Wm. Brennan 
Wm. H. Jack 
Doctor Bailey 
Thomas F. Coney 
A. Lewis 
W. P. Lane 
E. G. Rector 



FIFTH COMPANY. 



Officers. 
Thomas P. Mclntyre, Captain Robert D. Tyler, First Sergeant 
John P. Gill, First Lieutenant John ^Vllkinson, Second Sergt. 
Bazil G. Glans, Second Lieut. E. G. Coft'man, First Corporal 



Privates. 



William B'^yle 
Benjamin Bancroft 
George Barker 
William Bennett 
John Clark 
J. B. Colian*- 
John Chevis, first 
Chevis, second 
Thomas Cox 
J. Campbell 

Cooper 

T. Davis 
Oscar Parish 



Thomas Hopkins 
Jack Lowrie 
Cyrus Cepton 
Ambrose Meyer 
Moses Allison 
Placido McCurdy 
David Oden 
G. W. Penticost 
Sam Sharp 
S. W. Peebles 
Isaac Jacques 
Isaac Maiden 
P. Wilkinson 



j^i^i-e^ 



SIXTH COMPANY. 
Officers. 



James Ga te p i^', Captain 
William Finch, First Lieut. 



A. L. Harrison, Second Lieut. 
R. T. Choderick, First Sergeant. 



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Privates. 



John Say res 
P. B. Lassiter 
M. K. Goheen 
T. H. Webb 
John Peterson 
J. Montgomery 
T. F. Johnson 
Hez Harris 
W. F. Ferrill 
A. Montgomery 
A. Lolison 
E. McMillan 
S. Baling 
J. W. Scoling 



J. Richardson 

O'Ranion 

Willis L. Ellis 
James Walker 



James waiKer ^/» 

^t Alphonso Steele -r- i* 

Benjamin Johnson * 

F. M. Woodward 
William Peterson 
J. C. White 
Robert Henry 
Elijah Votan 

G. Crosby 
Joel Dedrick 
L. Raney 



SEVENTH COMPANY. 



Officers, 
B. Bryant, Captain A. S Lewis, Second Lieutenant 

John C. Hale, First Lietenant 



William Earle 
J. S. P. Irven 
Sim Roberts 
Joseph P. Parks 
C. Rockwell 
R. B. Russell 
L. H. White 
A. McKenzie 
A. Kobble 



Privates. 

Jos' F. Gilbert 
D. Roberts 
Wm. B. Scates 
J. R. Johnson 
William Pate 
B. Lindsay 
James Clark 
Robert Love 



EIGHTH COMPANY. 

Officers. 

William Kimbo, Captain William Fisher, Second Sergeant 

James Rowe, First Lieutenant Henry Reed, Third Sergeant 
John Harman, First Sergeant 



Thomas Maxwell 
A. G. McGowan 
J. W. Proctor 
Benjamin Thomas 
D. Watson 
D. Brown 



Privates. 

D. Love 
D. H. McGary 
Lewis Wilworth 
R. Stevenson 
G. W. Jones 
W. B. Bennett 



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William Bateman 
J. A. Caffin 
H. Corsine 
Joel Crane 
W. H. Davis 
H. Holeman 
H. Hill 
G. D.Hancock 
O. E. LeGrand 



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B. Green 
J. Kent 

Caddell 

R. Hotchkiss 
Thos. M. Hughes 
A. Buffington 
James Burch 
R. Burch 
A. E. Manuel 



NINTH COMPANY. 
Officers. 

Juan N. Seguin, Captain Nep Flores, First Corporal 

Manuel Flores, First Sergeant Ambro Rodrige, Second Corporal 
Antonio Menchasen, Sec'd SeiFgt. 




rhirteenth T«tf. 



P'rom Texas Maga7,ine for Sepcemyei- 

ALFONSO STEELIv^ 

The Last Roll Call 



BV JOHN P. S-IOLArSHDEI 



See you that luminant host in the nighlj — 

The golry that shines from their love-iit eyes. 

Shattering darkness, and scattering light. 
Filling the earth with it up to the skies? 

See their bivouac fire how it burns unspent. 

#With a steady flame of a rosy hue. 

Shining up to the stars in their lofty tent. 
Wide and encircling and heavenly blue? 

Do you see how they rest 'neath their special star 

That blazes alive on their banner unfurled? 
Its fame has grown great, and its fame has gon<e far. 

For the way it has shown to a wondering world 
Out of the shadow it led to the light, 

And in light it shall stand as it ever has stood. 
A symbol of victoi'y favoring right, 

A dare to the world to be fjreat — to be good. 

And that picture — you see it? Where sleeps the foe 

Never more to awake from the wounds it has had; 
And on some there is written the word — "Alamo," 

And on some there is written the name — •Goiiad.'" 
And see how the living heroes try 

To share with the dead the undying bays, 
For they know that no foe is so sure to die. 

As the foe that the patriot-martyr slays. 

Do ycu hear how t.'ie south wii^d drifts in from the sea, 

With a song half-expectant, half-hushed, as it comes? 
How that lunrinant ; host for a morning to be 

In a dream tune their bugles, their fifes, and the'r arums: 
And the sentinels watohi^'ig and waiting about, 

How they lovingly call to the souls in flight 
Out of the shadow of death — out, out — 

Into life unending and fadeless light. 



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A spirit unseen, and silently comes ; 

Up to the bivouac fire arci sits 1 

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And hears how the rosy dawn will be filled | 

With the sweetest song they have ever done 
Since the morn of the day when their music thrilled 

His heart and Texas her freedom won. 

There is golc< in the east when the world awakes, 

And a song 'mong the stars as they go to rest. 
But hear you the sound that the bugle makes? 

And see you the glorious host addrest? 
Their youth is as bright as the morning gold, 

And their hearts are as true as the star song sung; 
For only the deedless grow broken and old, 

While the victors ever stay strong and young. 

And they fall into rank in the morning light— 

The rank that has always been lacking one. 
But now, and you look both left and right. 

The rank is complete, and is lacking none. 
And the roll is called, and the answers peal 

Like to chimes of bells out of temples near; 
Then the call comes tender— "Alfonso Steele!"' 

And a shout goes up when a voice cries— "Here!" 

In the Texas morn see that glorious host! 

It has come at last— the long jubilee. 
The waiting, is over, the rolls are closed, !j 

And their glory is fixed for all time to be. I 

Full mast raise the. flag with the single star, i 

And join in the joy that our heroes feel. j 

Let our farewell be as their greetings are — ^, | 

Three cheers for them and— Alfonso Stes'e. 



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